Risk/benefit tradeoff of habitual physical activity and air pollution on chronic pulmonary obstructive disease: findings from a large prospective cohort study

• Published in: BMC medicine Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 70 - 12
• Main Authors: Chen, Lan, Cai, Miao, Li, Haitao, Wang, Xiaojie, Tian, Fei, Wu, Yinglin, Zhang, Zilong, Lin, Hualiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 28.02.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollutants - toxicity; Air pollution; Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data; Care and treatment; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cohort Studies; Cohort study; Complications and side effects; Development and progression; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Exercise; Health aspects; Humans; Lung diseases, Obstructive; Physical activity; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - etiology; Risk factors; Statistics; China; Air pollution; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Physical activity; Cohort study

The combined health impact of physical activity (PA) and air pollution on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains unclear. We investigated the joint effects of habitual PA and long-term fine particulate matter (PM ) exposure on COPD incidence in a prospective population-based cohort. A...